Part I: Carey Gillam — Reporter turned organic propagandist who twists science in campaign to discredit biotechnology and conventional agriculture
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/...riculture/
EXCERPTS: With links to the Church of Scientology, anti-vaccine glyphosate litigator Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Organic Consumers Association, US Right to Know, and Environmental Working Group, this former Reuters reporter has spearheaded the effort by organic promoters to discredit GMOs, glyphosate, and other agri-technological tools positioned to feed a growing global population and address climate change. Here’s her story … and why she does it...
[...] Carey Gillam’s piece was quickly disseminated by the usual leftwing channels but also became a favorite of the far right, from the Gospel News Network to The Epoch Times, which makes the case that the government is untrustworthy. She’s beloved by activists, particularly those reflexively critical of “Big Agriculture” and advocates of organic farming. She was drafted by Farmer’s Footprint to moderate and guide the webinar.
The event went as would be expected. Glyphosate is a hidden killer. The agricultural industry conspires to hide the facts. The US EPA and other global agencies that have determined the herbicide is ‘safe as used’ are part of a global conspiracy.
Booker bit. Three days later, he released a statement co-signed by eight Democratic senators, urging the US Fish and Wildlife Service to sharply restrict the use of glyphosate and other long-approved pesticides on National Wildlife Refuges without even suggesting what safer alternatives could be substituted. (There aren’t any.)
The original report and the seminar were panned by independent scientists... (MORE - missing details)
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/...riculture/
EXCERPTS: With links to the Church of Scientology, anti-vaccine glyphosate litigator Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Organic Consumers Association, US Right to Know, and Environmental Working Group, this former Reuters reporter has spearheaded the effort by organic promoters to discredit GMOs, glyphosate, and other agri-technological tools positioned to feed a growing global population and address climate change. Here’s her story … and why she does it...
[...] Carey Gillam’s piece was quickly disseminated by the usual leftwing channels but also became a favorite of the far right, from the Gospel News Network to The Epoch Times, which makes the case that the government is untrustworthy. She’s beloved by activists, particularly those reflexively critical of “Big Agriculture” and advocates of organic farming. She was drafted by Farmer’s Footprint to moderate and guide the webinar.
The event went as would be expected. Glyphosate is a hidden killer. The agricultural industry conspires to hide the facts. The US EPA and other global agencies that have determined the herbicide is ‘safe as used’ are part of a global conspiracy.
Booker bit. Three days later, he released a statement co-signed by eight Democratic senators, urging the US Fish and Wildlife Service to sharply restrict the use of glyphosate and other long-approved pesticides on National Wildlife Refuges without even suggesting what safer alternatives could be substituted. (There aren’t any.)
The original report and the seminar were panned by independent scientists... (MORE - missing details)